Tate Liverpool’s Picasso show throws a startling new light on the artist’s wartime work. What an old softie he was, says our critic

No touching at the Serpentine’s sculpture show. In fact, no audience participation of any kind. What a relief, says Waldemar Januszczak

The pre-Raphaelite John Brett’s landscapes were fine. When it came to people, he merely showed his own infatuations

Jannis Kounellis’s humble materials trigger an intense emotional response in our writer, as his show opens at the cavernous Ambika P3

Our critic is enlightened by the British Museum’s pioneering parade of Italian Renaissance masters from Fra Angelico to Leonardo da Vinci

Is it painting? Or is it sculpture? Angela de la Cruz’s crumpled canvases defy categorisation, says Waldemar Januszczak at the Camden Arts Centre

Not just the work of cosy hobbyists, the quilts at the V&A hide dark tales of female struggle over three centuries, says Waldemar Januszczak

Are the quiet joys of daily life so lovingly painted by Christen Kobke hiding a darker Danish truth, asks our critic at the National Gallery

Bronze Ife heads amazed our critic in a dingy Nigerian museum. Now on show in London, they will change your view of African art

The National Gallery is hosting of Ed Kienholz’s re-creation of the Hoerengracht — Amsterdam’s sex district. Scandalous or liberating?